Clothes-pounder.



Nu. 638,2!4. Patented Dec. 5, I899. C. COLLINS.

CLOTHES POUNDER.

(Application filed May 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CLOTHES- -POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,214, dated December5, 1899.

Application filed May 23, 1899. Serial No. 717,916. (No model.) C

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHESTER OoLLINs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winfield, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, haveinvented a certain new and use ful Improvement in that Class of Washing-Machines Commonly Known as Clothes- Pounders, of which the following isa specification.

It has for its object toimprove and simplify the construction of thisclass of washing-machines and reduce to a minimum the cost of saidconstruction and the amount of labor required in its operation.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more indetail described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, to which reference is had, the figureillustrates a front elevation of the invention, in whicha designates anouter shell representing the frustum of a cone provided with an upperclosed portion or annular flange a, and b designates a smaller shell orinner casing similar to that of a and provided with openings 0, arrangedcircumferentially around the shell and in alinement with each other nearan upper or closed portion thereof and which communicates with theinterior of the shell a. This smaller shell is located centrally withinthe shell a and is also provided with an annular flange (1, theseflanges when the shells are assembled providing a closed upper portionto each of the shells at and b, the latter being secured to the lowerpart of a central tube at, which communicates with the smaller shell I;and which will be hereinafter referred to.

e designates a small tubular air-chamber secured to and near the upperend of the tube at, having a passage e communicating with the tube d.The bottom of this tubular chamber is provided with an opening f, inwhich is seated a ball-valve g, by which the opening is opened orclosed.

7a 7a designate abrace which serves the purpose of bracing and holdingfirmly together the shells a and tube d, the tube being provided withthe usual handle for operating the device.

The operation of the device will be obvious when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing and description thereof; but it may bebriefly rehearsed, as follows: When the device is pressed downwardly bythe operator into the water, the pressure of the air upwardly throughthe tube and into the small tubular air-chamber closes the opening inthe bottom of the small tubular airchamber through the medium of thevalve. Upon the operator raising the device in the water-receptacle theair raises the valve and is admitted through the opening f into thevalvechamber 6 and through the opening c to the tube and,finally,intothe body of the pounder, thus avoiding a vacuum in the lower chambersand permitting the pounder to be easily raised.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- In a clothes-pounder, the combinationwith the body, comprising the inner and outer chambers and central tube,of the ofisetvalve chamber closed at the top and open at the bottom,providing a seat f for the ballvalve and communicating with the tubethrough the medium of the opening 6, and a ball-valve, all as hereinshown and for the purpose described.

CHESTER COLLINS.

Witnesses:

S. E. FINK, LEWIS BROWN.

